Editorial: ICT and the capability approach

Ict and Empowerment to Participate: a Capability Approach

Under which conditions can ICT4D initiatives empower poor communities of developing countries? In this paper we evaluate the promise of development associated with the introduction of an ICT initiative in Nigeria. We employ the basic concepts of the Sen’s capability approach to understand how the introduction of prepaid electricity billing system has empowered people to participate in accessing...

Developing an ICT capability for learning

Learning effectively with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) requires an appropriate level of ICT capability. This paper explores the ways in which children develop their capability in home and school, and how their skills support ICT activity and learning in each setting. Conditions for developing ICT capability during such activities are identified using a framework for analysing ...

Editorial: The Impact of ICT Investment and Usage

The Capability Approach and Education

The capability approach provides a general normative framework for the assessment of human development. Yet it is also possible to consider what it has to offer to evaluations of specific areas of social policy, such as education. In recent years there has been growing international interest from people working in diverse sectors and fields of formal, informal and non-formal education in the po...

QALYs and the capability approach.

This explores the applicability of Sen's capability approach to the economic evaluation of health care programmes. An individual's 'capability set' describes his freedom to choose valuable activities and states of being ('functionings'). Direct estimation and valuation of capability sets is not feasible at present. Standard preference-based methods such as willingness to pay are feasible, but p...